Taste the Outdoors at Beech Hill Country House Hotel

Come along to Beech Hill Country House Hotel and experience the many outdoor activities on our family fun day! Activities include trying your hand at bushcraft and wild cooking, find creepy crawlies on a nature detective session, take part in a scavenger hunt, learn to mountain bike or go on a guided walk. Meet the Gardener in the Walled Garden. Enjoy refreshments in the Marquee.

There will also be a temporary exhibition of images by US Navy war artists and combat photographers, including images of the WWII Beech Hill Camp. An inspiration to follow the trails in the woodlands around the house and find the traces of the occupation during WWII.

Beech Hill Country House Hotel

Session Times

12:00 to 16:00

Key Info

Family fun day including wild art, birds of prey and pony rides

Guided walks exploring the historic landscape around the house.

National Trust 50 Things to do before You're 11 and 3/4

Directions to Location

Along the main A6 Londonderry to Belfast road take the turning off at Faughan Bridge (Beech Hill signage at the bottom of the hill). Travel a mile further to Ardmore Chapel. You will see the Hotel entrance on your left, opposite the Chapel. Use the Chapel car-park opposite the hotel entrance.

Some outdoor activity events require pre booking but there are plenty of activities where you can just turn up on the day.

SUN

Beech Hill Country House Hotel. A guided walk through the lawns and woodlands around Beech Hill looking for evidence of the families - O'Cahan, Skipton, Nicholson - who shaped the landscape around the present-day house. Also a chance to look for evidence of Jacobite 1688-89 and US Navy 1941-44 occupation.

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SUN

Beech Hill Country House Hotel. Your very own Outdoors Explorer will help you complete the 50 coolest outdoor things to do before you're 11 ¾ (and use your own skills to find hidden secret challenges!)

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